Ah, c'est Renée, en francais.
Great idea, nice touch with the wing made of fingers.
The first thing we learn in statue tutorials is to remove the eyes(iris), i think you should try it since you aimed to make a sculpture ( right?)
The pedestal should at least have some shadows to look like it's round, the way you made that pole.
There's a discontinuity from the shadowcast and the edge of the foreground. Just make the shadow on the wall continuosly at the bottom.
That little baby turned out well.

Hey thank you for the comment! I was going for statue, and knew that the eyes needed to be blank to complete that look, but I like it with the eyes. I may play around with it without the eyes and if it turns out cool I'll turn that in. As for the pedestal, I wanted it to be square, the pole is coming from the center of the squares. I will, however change the shadow, I noticed that as well, but I thought the black border would have taken away from that...guess I was wrong hehe.

Anyway thank you again for the suggestions, but I will have to say I like my final piece as is (except the shadow).

UPDATE: I changed the shadow, and decided to do the "statue eyes" because I thought it came out pretty well, although I like the old version too. More comments are welcome

I think this is outstanting , so creative. As well I love the wing, how cool is that!!!

Didn't see the original, but this is excellent. Great job.......gl

Thank you so much! I came up with the wing idea while I was making the bust. I was stuck on what to do after I got the heads done, and for some reason the idea of making a wing out of my hands just popped up (I get those crazy ideas from time to time). I'm glad you guys like it

very nice work author...gl

Funny !!

Soften the edges, otherwise not bad.

lol

Great blending.

The cables embedded in the amber add a level of authenticity here and look fantastic. The use of human facial elements (while blended well) i think reduce this element of mystery.. but i think comedy was what you were going for.. and you pulled it off well. High marks from me

Nice work, flower fits pretty well. Good luck!

lol Bouguereau should be turning in his grave now!!!! Good work...

Nice Job

Nice work, but the source isn't usable. Please read http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/06/how-and-where-to-find-legal-source-images/

beautiful image. flower well done . pitty about the image usage, good luck in finding another one.

I belive it is legal because the image is used in other major sites with no issues, This is a well known art work that is all over the web, and no one owns any legal rights to them.

I guess the mods will have to decide that...

I hope it stays because it's a great entry. GL.

If anyone is interested in the legality of the source please check this site page out , all famous paintings photoshoped http://fxb.worth1000.com/contests/9492/modern-renaissance#at

author PLEASE RED FLAG THIS YOURSELF... I LOVE THIS....and if you red flag it yourself there is a better chance of being able to keep it up... poop.. sure hope it doesn't get pulled.. it's absolutely brilliant and a great twist on the original (If you had used the image to carry the work I would say it should be pulled.. but you altered it so magnificently it has become your own).. good luck.. my fingers are crossed

Thanks GolemAura - done !

I hope this does not get pulled.......it's done extremely well and is in the time period of my favorite works of art. Good luck author, your work here is beautiful!

Nice work...

The copyright has expired for that image so I think you should be OK with it author. The painter died in 1905 and it is normally life of the author plus 70 years. Be aware that what other websites do is not the same as what PXLEyes does, we stand by copyright here. Nice image BTW.

beautiful image,gl

very good job

Beautiful image!

YEAH! glad to see there is no issue with the usage.. It is a great piece of work and i had to see if it got to stay. WELL DONE author. GL

Congratulations for 3rd

Thanks all for the votes. fantastic work done by everyone entered

congrats

Congrats for your third place, Glockman!

congrats

congrat glockman

Brillant -- it's now featured on Bouguereau Remastered (http://www.bouguereau.net/)

Congrats

Congrats

Looks very nice, the background clashes a bit though, maybe try something more nature themed. Good luck!

Edit: Perfect

Thanks ponti. Followed your suggestion. Changed.

nice

Nice entry!Actually there is one thing that can be improved...You can create a layer under the wood and add another shadow( a soft one but not with very low opacity) just under the wood to make it more realistic...I hope you get what I mean... Everything else loks great!

Yes Giggles, I got it. I think that's waht you meant. Changed... Thanks!

WOW - that's an amazing image, author - very good work - I'll be reading and rereading the SBS!

this is really cool! I wouldn't have put so much grass on top of the log because it looks like someone cut out the top, put dirt and grass seed in it.

Looks better with this background...

nice use of the source image,gl

Wonderful Concept!

Beautiful!

Can't wait for the SBS. Cool effect

good entry

yup u r right......full resolution is much better......awesome idea + work.....keep it up...

Super effect very nice looking image is this done with Feather Brushes?

edit: yes to that question then…..

Stunning piece author

wow..thanks for the Tutorial on brush design.. really makes this entry SING and also gives others on an insightful way of creating.. AWESOME!!! (Not to mention I'm going to have a blast trying to duplicate the effect... KNOWLEDGE IS POWER and thank you so much for sharing) HIGH MARKS

great idea!! beautiful image author!! i like it!!

very beautiful wrk............................

nice

This is a fantastic pic, really cool effect, I think I agree with Nator, the girl in a setting would be a match winner for me, the feathers are a brilliant touch and you have worked them well.

very creative

Great affect and very creative! Good luck!

Simply beautiful ...

Nice work

Is she smoking? GL!

that bird is a previously manipulated image....... my image was removed for using it.... yet this one is stilllll here...

Good, maybe the smoke from her mouth could use some attention and the strange lines from her chest and shoulder dont add a lot.

you might want to watch how many birds are in the pic it might be an overkill but good job and good luck:P)

To Moderators.... You removed my image from this contest because of the bird i used. This image used the exact same bird after my entry. Why is it still in the contest. Do you know who we are when you vote and just pick out people, or do you play fair? I have redflagged this before. You never miss an image when ive done somthing wrong. I think you just pick on the same people!

Really nice, the feather effect is surely well done.

Congratulations for 2nd

Congrats! Great job!

Congras!

Congratulations.

congrats

congrats

thank you for the votes and the comments. Im surprised with that 2nd place. Feels good

Wow, how beautiful = )